Keep Your Tone Intact -- With the True Boss of Noise Supression

Your Boss NS-2 noise suppressor pedal will keep your signal pristine and clean of hum, buzzes, or any other annoying and unwanted sounds. Its easy-to-engage stompbox-styled construction means every stomp will deliver effective noise suppression on demand. Threshold and decay dials allow you to dial in the suppression, and a mode control featuring reduction and mute settings give you some sonic flexibility. An input, a send, a return, and an output jack all deliver plenty of connectivity options. You'll know your noise suppressor pedal is working when the bright red reduction light flashes on, which is a nice visual aid to help you set your decay and threshold settings.

The Boss of Effects Pedals

Boss has been an innovator and trendsetter in effects pedals ever since their renowned CE-1 chorus pedal. In 1977, Boss's compact stompbox-style began with the warm and smooth-sounding OD-1 Overdrive pedal, and since then, the look, design, and control layout became a staple on musicians' pedalboards throughout the decades. With their recessed controls, built-in LEDs, and silent switching, this line of pedals remains a popular choice for many guitarists across genres and styles.

Reducing the Noise

The Boss NS-2 gives you the tools you need to clean up a noisy signal. Three dials pave your way for dialing in the noise suppression: threshold, decay, and a mode dial. The threshold dial sets the decibel level for when the pedal brings the suppression in. To its right, the decay control determines how long your notes or chords last before the suppression cuts the signal. You can play around with this control to smooth out the suppression, so your signal maintains a seamless and natural tonal contour, without all of the buzz or hum. The mode dial provides two universal settings: mute for a harsher noise cut, and reduction for a more natural suppression.

Tough Stompbox Chassis

You know you've seen it before on pedalboard after pedalboard: that instantly recognizable Boss stompbox look that has fueled so many axes' signals over the years. A compact size means that your NS-2 won't eat up too much space, and this pedal's tough outer chassis will consistently and reliably keep your signal free of noise stomp after stomp, gig after gig.

Product Description

The NS2 effectively eliminates noise and hum of the input signal while preserving the original sound's tonality. The natural attack and envelope are unaffected thanks to Boss's unique noise detection circuit that precisely separates the guitar sound and the noise components. When connected to an AC adapter, the NS2 can supply power to 7 other Boss effects units via the PCS20A power connection cable(optional).

About Boss Pedals

The history of Boss reads like the history of guitar effects. From their legendary CE-1 chorus pedal (the big gray box that started it all) to the world's favorite line of compact pedals, they've been responsible for more guitar innovations than just about anyone else.

Boss's compact pedal line-up began in 1977 with the classic OD-1 Overdrive. Its warm, smooth overdrive sounds and breakthrough Boss pedal features (heavy-duty construction, rubber pads on top and bottom, recessed control knobs, silent switching, a built-in LED, and easy battery replacement) immediately set it apart from other stomp boxes on the market. It established the masterful design for all other Boss effects pedals since.

Throughout the years, Boss has continued to define the cutting edge of guitar effects. Double-layer circuit boards allowed pedals like the DD-5 Digital Delay to deliver studio-quality effects comparable to rackmount units. They recently brought bassists and guitarists the first bass synthesizer in a compact pedal, the SYB-3. On their 20th anniversary they proudly introduced the OD-3 Overdrive, a pedal that takes the smooth, dynamic overdriven tones of the legendary OD-1 to a different level. Like all Boss products, it is a level of sound quality and durability that is unrivaled.

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"Read the instructions! A very good product!"

Sound:
I keep reading a lot of reviews about how it kills your tone. The only difference that I've noticed was just a little bit of a volume decrease, but all I have to do is turn it up louder. I am using this pedal on a 200W Traynor tube amp head and a Marshall 1960A cabinet. It will definitely kill the unwanted sound immediately.
Feature:
Don't really need too many features on this. What's on the pedal is all you need.
Ease of Use:
It really wasn't that hard to get it setup. But I will tell you right now, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! It will tell you what the knobs do and how to set it up properly. Once I read the instructions I set it up in no time.
Quality:
It's a Boss pedal and it's built like a tank.
Value:
For the price I got this for it was worth every penny. Get a daisy chain to supply other effects pedals that you have.
The Wow Factor:
I got tired of hearing the unwanted noise from my amp at shows and band practices, so I wanted this pedal.
Overall:
Since I own the Metal Zone pedal, I expect this to last for a very long time. I've only had a few effect pedals go bad on me, but they weren't Boss products. If it ever went bad on me I would definitely buy another one.

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"This is the thing to buy if you have noise and dont want to lose quality"

Sound:
I turned it on then off then on over and over again and could hear ZERO difference in quality!! This thing doesn't weaken or change your tone!
Feature:
Nothing came with it but what else do you need.
Ease of Use:
Extremely user friendly I pulled it out of the box plugged it up played with the settings for about a minute and it worked great!
Quality:
Great quality of course its a Boss....
Value:
I would have paid more for this product!
Manufacturer Support:
haven't needed it.
The Wow Factor:
Its a sexy compact Boss Pedal!
Overall:
An amazing product, I had major noise coming from my amp and just plugged the thing up and it was all in the past.

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